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FISHING REEL.

No. 253,090. Patented Jan. 31,1882.

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UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN OHAVER AND TAYLOR OBANNON, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS TO THE AMERICAN REEL COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

FISHING-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,090, dated January 31, 1882.

Application filed November 14, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, VARREN OHAVER and TAYLOR OBANNN, of the city of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing- Reels, of which the following is a specification. c

Our said invention consists in a certain construction of the winding mechanism, and in the alarm of line-reels for lishermens use, as will hereinafter be particularly set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of our iinproved reel 5' Fig. 2, ahorizontal section looking downwardly from the dotted line me; Fig. 3, a section looking downwardly from the dotted line yy, and Fig. 4 a plan view of the mechanism as seen from the dotted line z z.

In said drawings',theportions marked Arepresent the stationary frame-work to the reel; B, the cap-plate which incloses the mechanism; C, the spoolof the reel; D,a small gearwheel on theend of thespool-shaft; E,alarger gear-wheel on a counter-sh aft, meshing into the wheel D; F, another small gear-wheel on the saine shaft with the wheel E 5 G, a larger gearwheel on the innerl end of the crankshaft,

meshing into thewheel F 5 H, the crank-shaft I, the crank; J, an alarm-bell; K,the hammer thereto; L, a lever on which the bell-hammer is mounted; M, adevice whereby saidleveris operated N, a spring containing a pin which acts as a brake, and O a sliding device whereby said brake is operated.

The reel-frame A and its bar A for fastening the reel to the fishing-pole are substantially like the corresponding parts in ordinary reels.

The cap B entirely incloses the machinery employed iu this invention, and is rigidly attached to theframe A, and is formed, as shown, substantially water-tight. It has asleeve, B', attached thereto, which serves as the sole bearing for the crank-shaft, tiereby enabling said shaft to be in line with the spoolshaft withouty being in any way connected therewith.-

The spool C is not in itself materially different from other spools for like purposes.

swim much faster than the line can be wound 6cy with a common reel, by running toward the fisherman they have often been able to accomplish this, and thus escape. Vith the use of our improved multiplying-reel, however, this is almost or quite impossible.

The operation of the crank shaft H and crank I will be readily understood by reference to the drawings.

The bell J is a small stationary bell, and is arranged so that the ishcrman may set his line and leave it in such condition that a fish upon .seizing the hook shall sound an alarm, thereby enabling him to attend to several Alines at once, as a close watch of the same is by the use of this device rendered unnecessary.

The bell-hammer K is mounted upon a lever, L, which is pivoted at Z. This leveris thrown back and forth by the sliding device M. When this device is pushed in, as shown in the drawings,fthe point l thereon enters into a notch in said device, which leaves the bell-hammer relatively nearer the center of the bell. When the device is pulledout, however,it throws the bell hammer and its shank back toward the wheel E. This wheel has studs c on its side, and the rear end of the shank of the bell-hammer, when in the position lastdescribed, comes in contacttherewith, thus vibrating said shank and causing the hammer to strike and ring the bell, thus sounding an alarm. As the wheels must always be revolved 4when the line is pulled out, the pulling of a fish upon the line must necessarily sound the alarm.

The spring N is fastened to the end plate of the frame A. A pin or other projection, a, on this spring passes through a hole in said plate, and when not forced away rests against the end of the spool C, thus serving as a brake to retard the progress of said spool. The sliding wedge-'shaped device Ois located so as to pass IOO under this spring, as shown most plainly in Fig. 3, and when pushed in raises it so that the pin n will not touch the end of the spool,'thus allowing the latter to turn without impediment. When, however, this device is pulled ont the spring forces the pin against the spool, which is thus put in operation as a brake.

Having thus fully described our said invention, what we claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a fishing reel, with the gearwl1eelsthereot`,one of whichis mounted on the spool-shaft and another on the crank shaft without any direct connection between them, of a crank and a crank-shaft, the latter of which is mounted in a single bearing di reetly in line with the bearings of the spool' shaft, butentirely separated therefrom, substantially as shownand specified. 2. The combination, in a fishing-reel, with zo 

